Now part of Durham Literacy, Achievement Academy of Durham is a free, non-profit school for students pursuing their GED.

Become an AAD student

We welcome all interested individuals (ages 16 and up) to continue their education with us. We have rolling enrollment throughout the year, including new student orientation sessions every week. These one hour meetings allow you to learn more about our program and introduce yourself to us. You will take a short reading assessment to help us place you in the correct class. There is NO COST to students to enroll or attend.

Our Program

Achievement Academy of Durham teaches and supports young adults who have dropped out of school in order to reconnect them to the opportunities an education provides. AAD students gain critical reading skills, earn their NC Equivalency Diploma and complete college preparatory training so they can succeed in a post-secondary program and attain sustainable employment.

Our Mission

Support AAD

Our students’ success depends on our ability to provide them with intense academic support and structure, as well as our ability to find resources in the community to help them deal with the problems of transportation, childcare, employment, criminal justice, nutrition, birth control, and more.

Nathan says, “Choose Your Own Path!”

Nathan Overby was referred to Achievement Academy by the Durham YES program when he was seventeen. As a 2017 Achievement Academy graduate beginning his college studies at Durham Tech, he describes how the social group he affiliated with in middle school

Jennifer, Spring 2017 graduate, bilingual mother of three

Jennifer is one of our older Achievement Academy 2017 graduates. She got off-course from her high school studies due to the effects of poverty on her family’s survival. When she was sixteen years old she started working fullRead More

Trey’s Favorite: Achievement Academy’s small class size

In his former classroom experiences, Trey says, "he didn’t feel sharp. Now I’m learning how to really like school again.” Trey said, “There was always too many people around. I used to love math and science, those were my subjects when I wasRead More